Montolivo & Behrami on racism

Riccardo Montolivo and Valon Behrami have come together to try and eradicate racism in football.

RiccardoMontolivo and ValonBehrami have come together to try and eradicate racism in football.

The Milan and Napoli midfielders have both taken part in a UEFA objective to try and stop racist abuse in the game.

“Football can send out a big message in this fight,” Behrami told uefa.com. “We all have the same mentality - football has to be an example in the fight against racism and that's the message we can give.”

The Rossoneri captain meanwhile insisted: “We have to do everything we can to eradicate racism from football.

“Obviously it's difficult because it's really in the culture of certain people so the road is very long. I think we must start from education in schools – a long-term approach.

“We must start early so that there will not be any more episodes of racism in the future.”